Cara and Diego Romero’s Creative World
WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER CARA ROMERO (Chemehuevi) and potter Diego Romero (Cochiti) sit down together, their sentences overlap, their pasts braid, and their love story unfolds, inseparable from their art…
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Galisteo’s Creative Glow
I’VE ONLY MET Judy Tuwaletstiwa a few minutes ago, but the Galisteo mixed-media artist and I are blinking back tears in her creekside studio. Leaning over Chaco Series, Tuwaletstiwa’s latest art…
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Faces of the Fair: Rodeo Queen Kaitlyn Maria
K AITLYN MARIA TRAINED with her horse for just six months—yet still made history. The 20-year-old Belén electrician became one of the first Navajo women crowned New Mexico State Fair Rodeo Queen by…
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Tips to Score Big at the NM State Fair
AH, THE MIDWAY: A magical land where dreams are inflated to the size of a giant plush banana—and crushed in three tosses or less. But carnival pro Paul Smith, who has worked fairs for more than half a…
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Must-Visit Resorts for a Memorable Stay
INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS, RUIDOSO Among the towering pines of the Sierra Blanca Mountains, the 273-room tribal-owned resort offers an immersive experience honoring the majestic Mescalero Apache land…
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Immerse in Culture at Tamaya Resort
“ARE WE GOING to see Mr. Pickles?” my daughter asks as our shuttle pulls up to the stables at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa. While Mr. Pickles wasn’t available (he was the horse my daughter…
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Doubling Down at New Mexico’s Casinos
CHA-CHIN-CHA-CHIN. The sound of quarters clicking in my grandmother’s tub was the soundtrack of our casino trips. Although I’d tag along, I never quite got the appeal—until now. After a 60-minute…
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Explore Mountain Biking and UFO Mysteries
CONFESSION: I BELIEVE IN ALIENS. As a teenager in the 1990s, I was obsessed with The X-Files. The truth is out there. So, more than 75 years after a 100-foot flying saucer allegedly crashed in San…
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Explore Outdoor Adventures with 505 Cycles
DALE DAVIS IS AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE. So imagine the rush when the former BMX racer and his wife, Rhonda Davis, took the entrepreneurial leap by purchasing 505 Cycles in Farmington in 2018. “I was a…
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Unearth Farmington's Unique Trails
FOR BIRD-WATCHERS With over eight miles of trails and several access points along the river, the Animas River Trail is Farmington’s ultimate urban hike. Opt for the easy 1.8-mile Riverside Loop and…
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